hf2489 FIRST ENGROSSMENT Omnibus higher education finance bill. ARTICLE 1 APPROPRIATIONS Section 1: Higher education money appropriations summary provided. Sec. 2: Higher education appropriations detailed by fund, including total appropriations, state grants, interstate tuition reciprocity, state work study, Minitex library program, learning network of Minnesota, income contingent loans, Edvest, and transfers. Sec. 3: Board of trustees of Minnesota state colleges and universities money appropriations summary provided. Sec. 4: Board of regents of the University of Minnesota appropriations summary provided. Sec. 5: Mayo medical foundation appropriations summary provided. Sec. 6: Post secondary planning systems planning report and accountability provided. ARTICLE 2 RELATED PROVISIONS Section 1: Minnesota state colleges and universities reserves account established. Sec. 2: Appropriations and expenditures modified. Sec. 3: University of Minnesota and academic health center joint health care plan and recruitment strategy creation required. Sec. 4: Expenditures for non-resident undergraduate students allowed. Sec. 5: Non resident tuition agreements authorized and purpose provided. Sec. 6: Assigned family responsibility reduced. Sec. 7: "Resident Student" defined. Sec. 8: Language relating to cost of attendance updated. Sec. 9: Undergraduate study award authorized and criteria provided. Sec. 10: Advanced placement and international baccalaureate grant established. Sec. 11: Child care grant eligibility requirements modified. Sec. 12: Length and amounts of child care grants modified. Sec. 13: Language related to faculty and staff modified. Sec. 14: Method of acquisition and real property transaction procedures clarified. Sec. 15: Resident tuition refund procedures provided. Sec. 16: Tuition refund language modified to refer only to the University of Minnesota. Sec. 17: Exception added to public health endowment fund. Sec. 18: Expenditure effective dates modified and expenditure amounts detailed. Sec. 19: Trustees of Minnesota state colleges and universities put in charge of regulating traffic. Sec. 20: Educational benefits for surviving children of public safety officers killed in the line of duty modified. Sec. 21: Tuition award renewal regulations clarified. Sec. 22: Membership retention language updated to reflect previous changes. Sec. 23: Information supply language updated to reflect previous changes. Sec. 24: "state university board or the community college board" replaced with "board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities." Sec. 25: Lawrence Hall remodeling project funded. Sec. 26: Commission on University of Minnesota excellence established. Sec. 27: Fund transfer from the tobacco use prevention fund to the medical education endowment fund authorized. Sec. 28: Repealer.AE